Vote all you want nothing is going to change. This thread is pretty pointless.

I made a picture thread about cooking frozen waffles, don't you tell me what a worthless thread is.

EDIT: on a functional note, if the Special privileges forum were the first listed forum (above general spyder) it would serve an actual purpose which would aid in moderation. Spam/Porn bots which do manage to make it into the site ALWAYS post in the first forum on the list. By having a restricted access forum first on the list, you block the porn bots from posting.

EDIT: on a functional note, if the Special privileges forum were the first listed forum (above general spyder) it would serve an actual purpose which would aid in moderation. Spam/Porn bots which do manage to make it into the site ALWAYS post in the first forum on the list. By having a restricted access forum first on the list, you block the porn bots from posting.

Not necessarily - I've deleted porn/spam from the MR forums, the picture forums and the member review forums just within the last couple of months.

Guys, as far as the vet members only section - there isn't enough activity here, especially from veteran members, to make a "special forum" and I don't buy the, "If we had one, there'd be more people posting" thoughts either. Maybe at first, but it'd die out. Besides, what would you have to say in a secret forum that would need to be seperated from the Non Paintball forum anyways? We don't have the regular idiocy that flows in the only other well - known forum that I know of that has a "special" vets forum in it. We don't get ridiculous posts for the most part - it's just elitist thinking we need to separate ourselves from those with less posting experience in this forum - those people, and the new players, come here specifically at first to get our help. Separating ourselves and for those only posting in that special forum are literally saying, "I don't want to talk to you, you lesser person, you!"

Besides, all it would turn into would be a huge off topic forum anyways, which we already have. We've debated this quite a bit in the penthouse, but it always comes out that it's just not necessary.

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i have to agree with vike on this one. but here's an idea: can we get special pins or buttons or icons or something to wear next to our names? don't have it be limited to how long you've been a member (like a certain OSST...) but by how helpful our posts have been. because i've noticed that most of the helpful people on here are either OGs from the old forum, or members that have been around for a while.

(7:11:05 PM) Battlechaser: Did you just slaughter George Clooney and steal his mojo..?

"Death doesn't exist. It never did, it never will. But we've drawn so many pictures of it, so many years, trying to pin it down, comprehend it, we've got to think of it as an entity, strangely alive and greedy."
- from Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked this Way Comes

What you guys don't realize, and I'll probably get kicked off the mod squad for this but I'm tired of the secrets, is there already IS a secret forum for certain veteran posters - invite only....and it's not the penthouse! I was told to keep it a secret, but I'm a bit upset so I'm spilling the beans tonight!

You ever notice that sometimes there are like 10 members online, and something like 30 guests? Ever wonder why we always have so many guests, but not that many members? Well - here's the secret - they aren't guests, and they aren't just visiting the regular forums! They're in the secret forum.

Ah, I can't do this. I'm just kidding!

Or............am I?

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